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UNITEn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK C. MISSIMER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO VILLIAM G. EARLE, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 595,250, dated December 7, 1897.

Application filed May 4,1897.

To a/ZZ whom t may concern..-

Be it known that I, FRANK C. MISSIMER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Pl1iladelphia,State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Vaist-Belts, which improvement is fully set forth in the following speciication and accompanying drawings.

My invention has for its object a waist-belt in which provision is made for expanding the same and adapting it to tit snugly or safely on the waist without severity or inconvenience; and it consists of such belt-formed of a main portion provided near each end with a guide-loop, separate end sections guided through the loops and located on the outside of the main portion, buckle-sections attached to the adjacent ends of the end sections, and elastic connections secured to said end sections and to the forward ends of the main portion.

Figure l represents a perspective view of a waist-belt embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a top edge view of a portion thereof. Fig. 3 represents a horizontal section of a portion on line x, Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a waistbelt which is formed of the main length or section B and the separate auxiliary sections C C at the ends on the outside thereof, the latter being connected with the former by pieces D, of elastic material, which, as will be seen, are attached to the front ends of said sections B and C by stitches or othersuitable means.

Secured to the front ends of the sections C are the clasps or buckle-sections by which the belt is closed and retained on the waist.

It will be seen that when the belt is placed around the waist and the clasps are drawn to gether the pieces D yield, and thus the length of the belt is accordingly increased. When the clasps are coupled or engaged, said pieces Serial No. 634,984. (No model.)

contract, and thus the belt closes on the waist and so fits snugly and tightly thereon without severity or inconvenience, and the belt will yield with the motions of the body, the effect of which is evident. Furthermore, the sections G extend over the elastic material and so conceal the same, and as said material expands or contracts the rear end portions of said sections C slide on the forward end portion of the section` B, which they overlap, and thus also conceal the extreme ends of the section B, all of which is most apparent, as shown in Fig. 3. The sections B and C are held closely together by the loops E, attached to said section B, which, however, do not interfere with the freedom of motion of said sections C, said loops also guiding the sections C in their sliding motions.

For attaching the skirt of a dress to the belt I employ the hook F, which is fastened to the lining of the belt by the spurs G, which are punched out of the metal of said hook and clenched to said lining.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A belt comprising a main portion provided near each end with a guide-loop, separate end sections guided through the loops and located on the outside of said main portion, buckle-sections attached to the adjacent ends of the end sections, and elastic connections secured to said end sections, and to the forward ends of said main portion.

2. A waist-belt consisting of the main section B, the separate outer sections C, and elastic pieces D connected with said main section and the outer ends of said outer sections, fastening devices on said outer sections, and loops on said main section forming guides for the overlapping ends of said outer sections.

FRANK C. MISSIMER.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, WM. C. WIEDERSHEIM. 

